Guri Dam Construction

The Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant, also Guri Dam, previously known as the Raúl Leoni Hydroelectric Plant, is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in Bolívar State, Venezuela, on the Caroni River, built from 1963 to 1969. It is 7,426 metres long and 162 m high. It impounds the large Guri Reservoir with a surface area of 4,250 square kilometres.
  • Location: Necuima Canyon, Bolívar
  • Official name: Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar
  • Status: In use
  • Construction began: 1963
  • Opening date: 1978
  • Owner(s): CVG Electrificación del Caroní, C.A.
  • Type of dam: Gravity/embankment

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